Half to john c



(No Model.) B. F. PATCH.

.BURNISHING MACHINE.

No. 362.036. Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

a! all Fig-3- Fig.1-

WITNESEE- INVENTEIR. 76 6M a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"BENJAMIN F. PATCH, OF DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN C. BUTLER, OF SAME PLACE.

BURNlSHlNC-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,036, dated April 26, 1887.

I Application filed February 24, 1887. Serial No. 223,711. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Parcn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Danvers, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Burnishing-Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention is particularly adapted for burnishing shanks of boots and shoes, and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2 represents a detail sectional view of the rotary bu'rnishingdisk, and Fig. 3 represents a top view of the same.

Similarletters refer to similar parts, wherever they occur, in the different parts of the drawings. I

Heretofore the under side of boot and shoe shanks, as well as the bottom of the heel, have been burnished by means of a heated reciprocating tool, which operation is ob jectionable on account of consuming a great deal of time, besides not producing a finished appearance of the work.

In carrying out my invention I use a suitable post or standard or frame, a, preferably secured to the floor of the work-room, or in any other suitable manner, as may be convenient and practical. To the upper end of the frame a is bolted or otherwise secured the frame I), having bearings b I) for the horizontal drivingshaft 0, provided with fast and loose pulleys c c, and having secured to its forward end the bevel-gear o the teeth of which engage into the teeth of a similar bevel-gear, d, secured to the vertical shaft d, located in a bearing, W, on the frame I), as shown. Below the bearing b is secured to the rotary shaft d the metal burnishing-disk D, having a-concavity, D, on its under side, and a thin or rounded annular burnishingedge, D, as shown in the drawings. The disk D is heated, as is common in burnishing-machines, by means of a gas-pipe, E, or lamp or equivalent device.

In the operation of the machine, the shaft 0 is set in a rotary motion by means of beltpower applied, preferably, from a countershaft or driving-shaft overhead to the pulley c, and by the bevel-gears c and d a quick rotary motion is imparted to the burnishershaft d and its inverted burnisher-disk D, as shown in Fig. 1. The disk D being properly heated by the means above described,and quickly rotated, the operator takes hold of the shoe and with a proper pressure holds the shank or top lift of it against the thin or rounded annular edge D, thus causing the shank or top lift of the shoe and its heel to be quickly, properly, and evenly burnished. The concavity D, on the under side of the burnisher-disk D," enables the toe and sole portion of the shoe to project belowor within such concavity, so as to permit the annular edge D of the burnisher-disk D-to reach all parts of the shank to be burnished, even up to the junction of the heel and shank of the boot.

By reversing the position of the boot or shoe the burnisher-edge D on disk-Dean be effectually used for burnishing the shank portion at the junction of the sole and shank. After the shank is properly burnished, as above described, the top 'lift or bottom of the heel of the boot or shoe can be similarly burnished by holding it with a proper pressure against the annular lip D. i

The machine may be used with or without wax applied to the burnisher, according to' the desired finish to be given to the shank or heel of the boot or shoe.

WVhat I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is 1. In a burnishingmachine for boots and shoes, the rotary burnishingtool D, made in the form of a disk, with the concavity D on its under side, and annular burnisher-edge D, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a burnishing-machine, the frame I), having driving-shaft 0 arranged in bearings in said frame, and having pulleys c o and bevelgear 0 in combination with the burnisher-shaft d, its bevel-gear d, and rotary bnrnisher-disk D, having concavity D on its under side, and annular edge D, all arranged and combined substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification,in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses, on this th day of February, A. D. 1887.

Witnesses: BENJAMIN F. PATCH.

ALBAN ANDREN, HENRY CHADBOURN.

ICC 

